Doll&#39;s eye mechanism



April 9, 1935. w, SALEMME 1,991,123

DOLL S EYE MECHANISM Filed Jan, 10, 1935 f V met in accordance With'the pcsitionci thedoll Patented Apr. 9, 1935 he r -him Wil se e -ewe was 1.6 v a V hhlication lamlry im hie-2. 222 .1 V l 1.rc h excr n ,1, v

invention isdiIected a. an improvement a rim dolls eyes of the im which are movable in different positions of the doll to simulate the'onenr ing and closing of the eyes in a natural manner. Dolls; eyesiconstiuctedior openin and closare well known butdifilculty has een experie enced in securing the structure with sufficient i i y to the head of a. doll to insure the proper i operation of the. parts ,even'underthe usual rough its lengthimm the she l 3,,providme, aspa 8 handling to which the dolls are subjected.

.Itis an; obje t of the pr sentinvention to c owvide, Pa meansfor anchoring and. properly supporting in POsitionthe operative-mechanism of; the dollseyesto insure a much; longer life and- Inuch moresatisiactory and. effective operatio even under-rough, handlin than has heretofore beenpossiblek V ,1 H. the .Iu ther obj ct il the invent on. i e I p o: vision of anchoring means which are arranged for e dine c nection with the eye mechanis and ,without other attachment or connection to such. mechanism, so that an anehoring means,

be selected according to the sizeof the dolls headand readily and conveniently placed, in po sition ior subsequent anchoring effectfso that Without change other than the selected length of; the anchoring member, the eye mechanisms may be used with dolls oidifierent sized heads.v The inve t n is s t dh x he, a comp hir ngng in which; f: V V

Figure 1 isza vertical sectional view through. a dolls head, with the j line -of ;section passing the mechanism for controlling the simm t d: e mo m n the anchoringme b neh ed e Figure 2 a. rear ,view showing the eye znechanisms for both eyes, the anchoring member being in place, with the dolls head in vertical section. H o a 5 I Figure 3 is a sideview of the supporting shell.

Figure4 is a faceview of the same; 7

l'sigjure 5 is a side view of; theeye carrier-.

Figurefi isa face view of the same. f v V Figure 7 isasideviewof the .cut-ofi. I Figure 8 isaflont view oi the same.

Figure 9 isa. rear elevation oi the member. I

With particular reference to the drawing, the dollsz-head l is of conventional form provided with openings 2 forming the eye openings. supporting shell 31s secured at themarginoithe openingsl, this shell extending within the head inwardly ofthe opening. in the form of a, round ed-b yi m h i de fi zgt he estimate iorwardzwallaot the shellis iormed with ,a non-v vehtionally shanedopening 5 simulating the. usual eye opemng.

constituting e rcunded'shelle-likeelement which;

bridges thegeyeopening 5 of. the. shell 3,, and: on; which eye-ecerrier there, is formed; painted or. otherwisearraneed a simulation; of the human ye esga 1;: eye.carrier, except at; it'sconneetions with; thev flange -!,,,=is spa ed. thr u hout betw ensthe ow r portionofthe s pportin tsh andtheeye cerrien- 3A 11M51 the one a; oun ed sheil fike' hody iispivotally supportedi p min the body; of;

' neef, th other ,pen o pf. h eye penin 5 n h shell. 3 nd throu hout a. i nof this; convex edge, eyelashes l2 are secured or arranged, tce m late the normall he -.Th p rti n of: he utrcfi mm diate y adia' 1 cent the convex edge] l is slightly fiaredQutWard-J.

relative to the cen er; as at V1l rthe-re1ationb e niti o wh n the utr f iS -D S iO lJ Q fully;:exposei he-simulatedeye 1. with the -eye--;

shes, ll imp oper position; the fiar dpo tionylan w ll. en a th upp r .edce of; the 1 opening ,5 in

the sh ll i e dwth s lim t the. m vement oithe utrcfim hepenine-dir ctioni i 1 g "Ihe cut-vefi iormed oextend rearwardly of the pivotal. support mane appropriately secured tothis-rearwardprojection at -|.-4 Baa-depending;

bar ticarryih ia weight Eat the lower end; The connection of the parts provides that-the bar l5, Shall, be vertical oi thedollslhead when the flared p rtionlii'sinr engagem nt with theedge of the:

' ut-911 rwa dlyr imul ti e. the mov m nt of the pp r -.e ili over the ye. In is movemen a h ll oneninetolimitthemov ment.ofthecuhofi;

thelfo we d-jedeetof fthe cut offxrides into the space 8 ,between -theeye carrierfiand-the lower, a V

p t nottl e-s e 1- r a v Se ure to the reeredeeioi the eye earli 6 or more particularly to the flange ll of such cari w ch i enhectedr e t e an 4 of, the. sh l 3 orii e il eithe 1 ;QH-H eRi k;plactw l u de me r &- @w ch, reie a v of h l waierm open at its rear edge and extending the full width of the shell 3. 'An anchor I9 cooperates with the guides of the eye mechanisms, such anchor including bars 20 of a size to slide freely in the guides l 8fand'having their outer or free ends tially in the form; ofthe letterfO with the mar-' ginal bar in the upper portion connected to the upper edges of the bars 20 and the marginal barpi;

the lower portion connected to the lower edges of the bars. In other words, the anchorincludes-a' central member of hollow form; whichgextends v above and below the bars, with the bars connected integrally with the member and extended in alignment in both directions from approximately the center of the member. The anchor, or more par ticularly the central member .22 thereof,- gisoi a material which will permityielding under pres-:

sure within the member.

' Of course, theeye mechanism described isduplicated and the anchor is arranged so that the bars 20 thereof cooperate with-the guides of both members, the central portion 22 being arranged between theguideSs Theanchor is 'chosen'of a particular length which will arrange the spurs im mediately adjacent the innersurfaceof the head at each'side of the'eye mechanism and after the eye mechanisms have been mounted as described, an appropriate tool is inserted in-the central opening of the center member" 2-2 of the anchor'and turned so as to forcethe'bars'ill in opposite dir'ec' tions. The'movement is continued until the spurs 2|. atthe terminals of'th'ebars are iorcedsufficientlyv into the material of the head to securely flx the anchorat the ends'; and asthbe'ntr'al portion 22 ha'vingbeen somewhat distorted by its movement incident to the'spreading of the bars is of metal, it will'ret'ain the distorted position and hold the bars in their anchored-connection with the head. i e I Of course, the bars arehu'pported in theguides I 8 andthese'guidesiorm integral -parts of the fixed element of the eye mechanisms; As the guides are arranged inwardly orthe head,there is provided for the eye mechanisms a support r' emote from the connection" of the shell "wan-the opening in'the headofthe "doll-and thus ,rearwardly of I the pivotal support I 0 on which the cut-ofl swings;-

extremely'rigid construction is thus provided and 'overcom'es'avry serious ob jection -to conventional 'eye mechanisms of this character which" as a rule are secured to the edge of the eye opening in the dollhead and, in some instances, to the inner'surface of thedollhe'ad surrounding the eye'opening. 1 This provides a support only at the forward portion of the eye mechanism and incident totheusua1 handlingof a doll in the hands ota child, the connection is-of rather inferior permanence- 3y theiuse 'of the anchor described, howeven the .eye mechanisms are supported at theforward portion of the doll head and at the sidesoi the doll head rearwardly of the iorward portion. The anchor resists ove; ment in all'directions and stabilizes the entire structure to maintain its connection in the'doll head under more severe usage and for arnaterially' greater time than with the conventional constructions. x

-The anchor as a whole is 'slidable in the guides and obviously may bechosenffo'r its length commensurate with the s'pace' in the particular doll head which the anchor is to occupy. Thus, while the eye mechanisms may remain the same, a difference. in anchor length merely means the use of the appropriate anchor wholly regardless of the eye mechanisms with which it cooperates.

'Through the provision of the anchor and the particular mechanisms described, a simple and extremely rugged arrangement is provided and as 'the cut-ofi or simulated eyelid moves on a pivot I independent of and remote from the pivotal support-of the eye closing mechanisms, said anchor slidably cooperating with both mechanisms and includingbars connected at their inner ends and having 'doll head engagingmeans at their outer ends, the connected inner ends being movable to project the outer ends of the bars into'interlocking engagement withthe doll head withoutsevering the connection'between the bars.

2; In combination with the eye mechanisms torja doll and means carried by the dolls headfor directlyand independently supporting each of said eyemechanisms for pivotal movement, of an 'anchor'independentof and arranged remote from the pivotal support of the-eye mechanisms, said anchor including abar having 'slidable con nection with'each eye mechanism and'terminall'y formed to anchor'in the-material'of the head, and means connecting the'b'ars capable of being mechanically spread to force thebars apart into anchoring cooperation with thematerial of the head. Vi

3.. In combination with the eye mechanisms for a doll and pivotal supporting 'means';for'each mechanism carried by the dollshead, of an anchoring means wholly independent of the pivotal support for the eye mechanisms, said anchoring means including afg'uide formed on each mecha-' nism, and an integral anchoring member including bars cooperating with the guide, terminal spurs on the bars and curvedportion's connecting theinner-o'r adjacent ends of the bars, said bars being spread by taking up-the'curved portions to .movethe'spurs into anchoring contact with the material of the dolls head.

4.;In combination with the eye mechanisms; for adolls head, means carried directly bythe head for pivotally supporting each ofysaid mechanisms, oi." an anchoring meanswholly independent of the pivotalsupportifor the eye mechanisms, said anchoring meansincluding a guide carried by each mechanism, and an integral anchor freely slidable in the guidesand comprising as a unit anchor barslhaving terminal spurs and oppositely curved sections connecting the upper and'loweredg es of the inner oradjacent ends of the bars,whereby under pressure on the adjacent ends of the bars, said barsmay-be-moved in opposite directions without destroying the integrity of theanchoring unit. V 9V! 5. 'A' dolls eye mechanism includinga shlell'secured at its forward edge to the eye opening in the dolls head, an eye carrier secured to and spaced from the wall of the shell and underlying the opening in the dolls head, said carrier' being formed or provided with the 'representation of an eye, anda cut-off'pivotally carried'bythe shell and movable to a position to simulate an eyebrow or to a position covering the eye representation, said cut-off in the latter position passing into the space between the shell and eye carrier. 6. A dolls eye mechanism including a shell secured at its forward edge to the eye opening in the dolls head, aneye carrier secured to and spaced irom the wall of the. shell and underlying the opening in the dolls head, said carrier being formed or provided with the representation of an eye, a cut-oil pivotally carried by the shell and movable to a position 'to simulate an eyebrow or to a position covering the eye representation, said cut-oil in the latter position passing into the space between the shell and eye carrier, and means slidably cooperating with the shell for anchoring the latter to the dolls head remote from the connection of the shell to the edge of the eye opening in the head.

7. A dolls eye mechanism including a shell secured at its forward edge to the eye opening in the dolls head, an eye carrier secured'to' and I spaced from the wall of theshell and underlying the opening in the dolls head,-said carrier being formed or provided withtherepresentation of an eye, a cut-off pivotally carried by the shell and movable to a position'5to simulate an eyebrow or to a position covering the eye representation, said cut-oi! inthe latter (position passing into the space between the shell and eyecarrier, and a central anchor slidably cooperating with the relatively inner ends of both shells and-engaging the material of the head of the dollremote fromthe r eye openings.

8. A dolls eyemechanism including ashell secured at its forward edgeto the eye opening in the, dolls head, an eye carrier secured to and spaced from the wall of the shell and underlying the opening in the dolls head, said carrier being formed or provided withthe representation of an 7 eye, a cut-ofi pivotally carried by the shell and movable to a position to simulate an eyebrow or to a position coveringthe eye representatiomsaid cut-oil in the latter position passing into the formed or provided with the representation otan ,1- eye, and aout-oit .pivotally carried by the shell and movable to a position to simulatean eyebrow v l or to a position covering the eye representation,

said cut-off in the latter position passing into the space between theshell and eye carrier, the 7 forward edge of the cut-oi! being flared toengage the shell and limit the opening movementoi the j so cut-off. r

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